Template talk:Map Features:railway

Level?

Recent edits suggest using level=1 or level=-1 with eleveted and underground railways. However, I believe this is only used for building and features that are connected to specific building levels, for example an underground parking garage, or a subway entrance. Perhaps the intended key was layer=* - but the numeric value varies depending on the number of other features above or below the railway. --Jeisenbe (talk) 01:42, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

Oops, that was distinctly a mistake on my part. I usually don't confuse these taga, but I did here. I have corrected at least one instance of "level" to the correct tag of "layer" where I found it. If there are others, I encourage others to fix them or call them to my attentionand I will fix them. I offer my apologies for my oversight. Stevea (talk) 16:12, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

While adding a layer=* is important when the subway crosses under another feature, it doesn't actually determine clearly that a feature is underground, btw. There is tunnel=yes for this, and location=underground for other features (eg stations). Probably too much to mention all of these on the Map Features template, which is meant to be a short overview for new-ish users. --Jeisenbe (talk) 04:49, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

Passenger=urban

Stevea - the tag passenger=urban is only used 77 times and it's listed as a proposed tag, and the definition is conflicted: is it "City center services mainly underground" or just "serving a single metropolitan area"? Please don't add such tags to map features without discussion --Jeisenbe (talk) 01:42, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

I believe this tag diverges slightly with usage between Germany (for distinguishing between U-bahn and others?) and in North America, where it fits quite nicely into the hierarchy below suburban, for full-size "heavy rail" trains and local trains, where "urban" is used to describe the sort of passenger service found on light_rail lines. Stevea (talk) 16:16, 31 July 2019 (UTC)